Pressure feet for vertical-needle embroidery machines



Jan. 15, 1929. 1,699,314

ca. SIEBER PRESSURE FEET FOR VERTICAL NEEDLE EMBROIDERY MACHINES Filed April 8, 1925 Fig.2

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Patented Jan. 15, 1929.

UNITED STATES PLAUEN, SAXONYp GERMANY.

PATENT OFFICE. r

GOTTWALT SIEBER, or PLAUEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR roman FIRM: voo'rLiivnjrscnn MASCHINENFABRIK (VORMALS J. o. o H. mnrnron) AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, or

PRESSUREFEET FOR VERTlCAL-NEEDLE EMBROIDERY MACHINES.

Application filed April 8, 1925, Serial No. 21,542, and in Germany May 22, 1924.

hly intention relates to embroidery 1nachines ot the sewing machine type; more especially it relates to the provision of a double presse1--toot "for embroidery machines of said type. i t

lVith machines of the type mentioned which operate with oscillating or laterally "vibrating needles, and with two Presser-feet which can be thrown into and out of work engaging position independently of one another, a bread; in the thread is caused easily by the thread coming from the needle being caught in the space between the two pres i feet when the needle is being moved laterally, the thread being then subjected to excessive strain. i

The object of my invention is to overcome that drawback and I attain that object, firstly,

by letting the slot which must be provided in one of the presser-plates extend into a tongue projecting forth laterally in the direction of the other presser-plate whereby it is rendered possible to form for the thread a guide-slot which is closed all-around; and secondly, by providing in the other presserplate a recess adapted to receive the tongue provided on the first presscr-plate, as men tioned.

My invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are front-views of the two pressenfeet, detached from the presser rods;vFigure 3 is a plan of both presseu'feet, which here are shown side by side, as near one another as possible; Figures l and 5 are side-views of the two presser-feet, one being shown from the lelthand side, the other from the righthand side: and Figure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and shows a modification of the feet, as is all more fully described hereinafter.

l-leterriug to Figures L5. each ot the two ]In-esse1-.t'eet is provided with a presser-plate 1i and 1 respectively, which is bent upwardly at its free end 2, and with a fastening plato- S, the rear face of which IS provided with ribs l by which the proper horizontal position of the presser-plate on the resser-rod is ensured in every vertical position of each presser-foot on its respective rod.

The two presser-feet can be thrown into, and out of, work engaging position independ= ently of one another. They are required in all cases in which it may be desired to con nect by a fancy-stitch two fabric-edges loouted at some distance from one another. It

is in such cases necessary to adjust the two lalsric-sdges independently of one another,

, and to re-adjust them while the sewing pro-t that plate itself. :The bottomtacc of the 1,

tongue lies a little higher than the bottom face of that plate so that the tongue presses upon the tabric not as strongly as does the said plate, whereby it resultsthat after the other resser-plate (1') has been lifted, the fabricpart lying below it can be shifted. easily in spite of the tongue 5 extending over it. v v

The presser-toot is, furthermore, provided with a comparatively very long slot- 6 located lransversely with respect to thedireetion of feed of the fabric, one half of this slot lying in the press'er-plate l proper andbthe other half lying in the tongue 5. The thread can travel along to and fro in the slot 6 when the needle is moved laterally, there beingnowno opportunity to get entangled, whereby the drawback mentioned in the introductory part of this specification is completely obviated.

Corresponding to the laterally projecting tongue 5 of the presser-plate 1, the pressen plate 1 is provided with a recess of such size that the tongue 5 can be received therein when the two Presser-plates are located closcprovement described can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention. One such modification is illustrated inFig. 6, in which the threadguiding slot is provided in a separate member 50 carried by an arm 51 extending forth from a vertical rod 52; the slotted member 50 extends in to slots 7 and 7 0 provided in the two resser-plates. The rod52 may be adjusted the bottom-feces of the said press-er vertically independently of the resser-feet rods, or may be connectedwith one or-the other thereof.

plates.

2.. In a vertical needle embroiderv machine, the combination oi two QTGSE ieet and of two Presser-plates pertaining one to one oi? said feet. the other to the other thereofland of which at; leaet one is provided with e lateral 1 rem-e55, with a tongueehaped member extending into said recess endbeing provided with a slot adapted to guide the thread, the bottonvtace out said member lying above the bottom-feces of the said preesee'l'oot plates.

3. In a sewing nechine, the combination ottwo resser-foot Qlfliiiki which are adjustable relatively to one another in horigiontel direction, and of which at least oiieiejgrovided with a. leteml receee, with eineinber extending in-torseid recess and being provided with a slot adapted to guide the thread.

i.- lna vertical needleembroidery machine of the sewing-machinetype, the combination of two presserdfeet and oftwo resser-plates perteiningone to one of eaid'ieet, theother to theot-her thereof, and which are :idjustable relatively to one another in horizontal diree' tioh, end ot whichetleast one is; provided with. e later-g rl. recesewith e tongue-shaped me i'iberex ing into said recess lend being provided with a slot adapted to guide the thread.

5. ln sewing-machine, the combination of two resser-toot. rode and twopresser-foot cietes of which one is attached to one of said oi and the other to the other thereof, and UL whicl-i at least one is adjustable horizon te lv at the appertaining rod, and of which, ther, at least one is provided with a lateral recess with av n'ielnber extending into said recess and being: provided with a. slot adapted to guide the thread. A

6. In a. vertical needle embroidery machine, the colnhinetionottwo resser-tootrods and two pi-eseer-toet pletee, one of Silldi plates lt-eing attached to one of said rods, and the other ozts. id plates to the other of said rods etleestone oi seid pletcs being adjust-able in horizentel dirction at the appertaining l. and least o ieofeaid plates being pro- Vlt d with a lateral recess, with a tongue red member extending into said recess being provided with "aslet ZIClELPtGCltO e the thread testimony whereof I e 

